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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2013

Comparison of Xpert MRSA/SA Nasal and MRSA/SA ELITe MGB assays for detection of the mecA gene with susceptibility testing methods for determination of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

Mohamed Belmekki, Hedi Mammeri, Farida Hamdad, Florence Rousseau, Brigitte Canarelli, Maurice Biendo

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohamed BelmekkiLaboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU SUD d'Amiens, Centre de Biologie Humaine, Salouël, Amiens, France.
Hedi Mammeri
Farida Hamdad
Florence Rousseau
Brigitte Canarelli
Maurice Biendo
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a series of 82 Staphylococcus strains isolated from culture, 100% were identified as Staphylococcus aureus by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS); 99.9% (77/82) of them were resistant to benzylpenicillin, oxacillin, and cefoxitin, and 6.1% (5/82) were susceptible to methicillin. Xpert MRSA/SA assay results were concordant with the phenotypic results in 76.8% (63/82) of cases and discordant in 23.2% (19/82) of cases. The MRSA/SA ELITe MGB kit results were concordant with phenotypic results in 100% of the cases. When comparing the Xpert MRSA/SA assay results with the MRSA/SA ELITe MGB kit results, 78% (64/82) of the cases were concordant, while 22% (18/82) of the cases were discordant. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two techniques. The PCR protocol that was used to validate the results of these two methods gave the following results: 49 were conventional methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates (mecA positive and mecALGA251 negative), and 25 were phenotypic MRSA isolates (mecA negative and mecALGA251 positive).

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacterial ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesPenicillin-Binding ProteinsBacterial ProteinsmecA protein, Staphylococcus aureusPenicillin-Binding Proteins

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PMID23863569
PMCPMC3811630
OpenAlexW2167341118

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